<TITLE>12. Par 49-52</TITLE>L-49 Yet they knowed God was a good God. He was full of mercy. He'd give them mercy, He'd shown them His glory, how there wasn't--even their shoes wasn't wearing out; their clothes wasn't getting threadbare. And manna was falling from heaven every night. They seen miracles and signs all along, of the Presence of God with them. Yet, they presumed that because God had did that, they could go up there and take that mountain.
Here it is. When... If we want spiritual gifts in the church, if we want the power of God, and the real power of God... Now, I tell you, brother, sister; it's so easy for someone to be deceived on that: sensations, and things. The devil can impersonate nearly any sensation that God's got. See?
But, you see, our church is not moving the way it should move. We know there's something wrong. See? And we know then, that God will not be with us until we get whatever it is straightened out. So it's time to check up, see the things that we should do, and what things we should not do; and then get ready, and go ahead. It's all right.

L-50 Blessings... Samson... Why, Samson was a great man. He was borned a Nazarite unto the Lord. He had his seven locks of hair hanging around his shoulders. He proved by his sign that he was a--a Nazarite unto the Lord. And God was good, though he run away from his parents, and went down, and started going with a Philistine woman. And that was against the tradition or against Israel to ever fool with a Philistine. But here he was going down there. God just kept on bearing merciful to him; he was all right.
And then he--she tried to woo him to his secret. Instead of coming right out and telling her not to do such a thing as that, that he was a Nazarite to the Lord and he wouldn't tell it, he told her, said, "Bind my hands." lied to her. See? And God forgive his lie. And he broke the bands, and on and on like that. Till finally, one time that he presumed that he could just do anything he wanted to, get by with it.

L-51 That's what's the trouble, brothers: presume that we can do anything, and just get by with it. We're Pentecostal people (You see?); we can just do anything and get by with it. You can't do it. You cannot do it. We just can't go on because we're a great organization. Thank the Lord for that, for a great organization. That's appreciated.
But we just can't go on, say, "We got more members than the next fellow, and therefore he's not in the race, and we can just go on. I tell you, we're going to quit doing this, and quit doing that. And I think, well, I think this is old fashion. I--I don't think we ought to have them prayer meetings, and all this going on: I think we oughtn't to do that."
You're just presuming. I tell you again, instead of preaching,  taking so many of our students over here, and getting them crammed so full of theology, and things like that, I think it'd be better to take them in an upper room like they used to have a long time ago for an experience.

L-52 Hudson Taylor said one time, the great missionary to India... A young Indian boy got converted. He was filled with the Spirit of God. He said his face was shining like a--a light. And he come in, said, "Mr. Taylor, now I believe I will go to school, and take my four years that I missed in college." He said, "Then I think I'm going to study, and get my Bachelor of Art, and within a few years I'll be able to--to go out and preach the Gospel."
Mr. Taylor, the renowned Christian that he was, he said, "Son, go with what you got now." That's it. Said, "Start giving light when the candle is lit, not when it's half gone." That's right. Tell what you know. If you ain't got no experience, you can't tell nothing.
But what we need is to--is to get back with God. That's true. See, we must get back to that experience again, to the thing that cleans us up inside and outside. If the inside gets right, the outside will take care of its... It'll take--it'll automatically be done. Yes. uh-huh. Yes, sir.


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